The Curious Details of Prime Minister Abe's Visit with the Trumps

It's traditional to escort visiting dignitaries and their wives around when they visit our capital - at least dignitaries of a certain rank. Prime
Minister Abe and his wife have been escorted by the Bushes (in that era) and the Obamas.

The Trumps... well...

Washington (CNN)Traditionally, it's the role of the first lady to accompany spouses of visiting foreign leaders around Washington. That often means a
good deal of showcasing local museums, schools, monuments and gardens. It's essentially playing tour guide, but it's part of the role of
representing the Administration and playing gracious hostess to very VIP out of town guests.

Melania Trump appears to be breaking with this particular tradition.
On two pre-scheduled Washington stops Friday, one to Gallaudet University and the other to attend a National Cherry Blossom Festival committee meeting
at the Japanese embassy, the first lady of Japan, Akie Abe, was alone, without Mrs. Trump to guide her.

One can understand if the First Lady is ill... but these were pre-planned by someone and apparently Akie Abe was left alone with her entourage and the
secret service. Mrs. Trump's office issued a rather peculiar statement later (in apparent response to public criticism of her poor hospitality which
was noticed by everyone involved.)

"The First Lady was very much looking forward to welcoming Mrs. Abe to the White House upon her arrival in Washington; however, she was informed that
Mrs. Abe had previous commitments during her stay in DC," the statement said.

More appalling, to my mind was that Abe himself paid a visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and laid a wreath there while Trump was... who knows
where.

I'm not in the Washington social circle but from what I'm reading, the Japanese people look down on this kind of behavior. I think it lowers our
standing in the eyes of the world... and if we want our trade welcomed elsewhere, one of the key things is that WE must be welcome in those places.

"The First Lady was very much looking forward to welcoming Mrs. Abe to the White House upon her arrival in Washington; however, she was informed that
Mrs. Abe had previous commitments during her stay in DC," the statement said.

this reads like mrs trump did try to play tour guide but mrs abe declined the offer.
the issue here is why did mrs abe decline the offer? perhaps she wanted to avoid being made part of slanderous news articles like this one......

During his nightly prayers to the All-Mighty, President Trump asks for guidance and tips on how to Trigger Liberal Media and Pea Brains the next day.

As one Senator told Woof Blister last week, "Woof! You and your MSM friends heads are exploding, because you still can't believe that America chose
Donald Trump over Hillary!" That Senator was cut off in less than 3 seconds, LOL.

As far as I can see Abe enjoyed his visit with Trump, and both respect our relationship with each other.
According to Japanese press that is.. I looked there because well who will tell us what they think about America better than themselves. They seem
happy.

In other news the OP of this thread cannot think without reading and parroting propaganda.

a reply to: Byrd
Yes, we knew that this man wasn't necessarily going to do "what Presidents always do". We discovered that on the night when he left Washington
without bothering to keep the press pack informed about what he was doing -"That's not acceptable, they're going to have to fix that" [Wolf
Blitzer]
Anyone who believes that Presidents are obliged to follow a set pattern of conventional behaviour will probably find a lot of material for complaint
over the next few years.

"informed that Mrs. Abe had previous commitments" is pretty interesting wording, given how meticulously planned this sort of thing is ostensibly meant
to be.
there's.... a lot of room to read into that regardless of which bias you favour.
really gotta wonder about the intentionality of that.

This article from the Wall Street Journal suggests that Trump actually has dialed back some of his rhetoric towards the Japanese:

WSJ
A weekend missile launch from North Korea offered a vivid illustration of how Mr. Trump has abandoned crowd-pleasing campaign rhetoric in the face
of real-world threats. As a candidate, Mr. Trump said a U.S. defense agreement with Japan was unfair, permitting the Japanese to sit home and watch
“Sony” TV while the U.S. was attacked. With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visiting his Mar-a-Lago estate, the two men made a joint
appearance Saturday night in response to the missile launch and Mr. Trump proclaimed that the “United States of America stands behind Japan, its
great ally, 100%.”

Well, this is what happens when you don't have a seasoned politician in charge. You get a period of rapid learning and associated mayhem.

Is it a bad thing that Trump is an amateur, rather than someone who has been in the system for years? Besides, the First Lady role is a fairly new
incarnation in US politics - a bit too celebrity for most people, so not a bad think if Ms Trump decides to just be the wife and not some high-end
socialite.

It's traditional to escort visiting dignitaries and their wives around when they visit our capital - at least dignitaries of a certain rank. Prime
Minister Abe and his wife have been escorted by the Bushes (in that era) and the Obamas.

Its traditional?

I remember a time when our PM Johnny Howard went to Washington to get a fairer deal in our trade with your POTUS they wouldn`t even meet him (
Clinton), he came back red faced to the Aussie public, he went again and was in New York when the planes struck the buildings and he immediately gave
Australia's full support, Bush eventually met him and eventually gave us a fairer deal.Maybe this more traditional?

But really this is more of the Trump hate bandwagon, something you yourself suffer from, throw as much mud and see what sticks. Maybe Melina's a
misogynistic xenophobe, yeah that sounds meatier lets see if we can make some stick.

The foxes have been in the hen house far too long in America, give the POTUS support in fixing your country he has his hands full.

I can see it already---Trump played his part as planned and will be allowed to be impeached---Melania and Trump aren't having fun guaranteed---Pence
will move in as Potus and Ryan as VP. Sovereign Order of Knight Maltas plan to keep the NEW WORLD ORDER agendas rolling forward. No
mystery

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